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History of Feiro
Mission Statement
Staff
Board of Directors
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HISTORY OF FEIRO
The Feiro
Marine Life Center (FMLC) is an educational and scientific organization
promoting marine education and conservation and is located on the City Pier
in Port Angeles.
The FMLC has been in operation since 1981 but has recently been established
as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation.
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The FMLC is fondly known in the community as “the jewel of the waterfront”.
It hosts public exhibits representative of the marine life inhabiting the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It provides classroom space for
marine science related programs, and it has a small laboratory for studies.
Many world-renowned experts have visited the FMLC to share their stories with
the community. Guest speakers have included octopus expert Jim Cosgrove and
David Behrens, the author of numerous scientific and popular articles on the
nudibranch. Jean-Michael Cousteau, president of Ocean Futures Society
and son of ocean pioneer Jacques Cousteau, has visited on a number of
occasions. Additional educational programs for the community are scheduled on
a regular basis. The FMLC is open on weekends during the winter months and
open six days per week during the busy summer season. Over ten thousand
tourists visit the FMLC annually. In addition, over 900 school children will
participate in marine science education programs through the FMLC this school
year.
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The FMLC facility was built by the late Arthur D. Feiro in 1981. Art was a high
school science teacher who recognized the value of a place on the Port
Angeles waterfront which would introduce the children and residents of the
Port Angeles community to the marine environment he so loved. He also
recognized the educational value of this small aquarium to visitors who pass
through the city in the thousands each summer. Art, using a cadre of
volunteers, numerous community fundraisers, and building lasting partnerships
in the community, built the FMLC to teach all those who pass through its
doors the wonders of the ocean. Art envisioned the FMLC as “…. (a) multifaceted, dynamic, living, breathing facility ….
(providing a) public display of marine organisms and ecosystems, a teaching
laboratory, a public center for marine studies and a point of interest for
tourists.”
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Since it first opened, twenty-seven years ago, the FMLC
has been visited by thousands of tourists, local residents and school groups
and it has served many, if not all of these objectives.
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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Feiro
Marine Life
Center is to foster the
understanding of, and a commitment to, the health of the marine environment and
related watersheds of the Olympic Peninsula, and their importance to its
communities.
This will be done by:
1. Providing students from pre-school through college with
meaningful learning experiences related to their place in a healthy marine
environment.
2. Providing community members with the information we need to
live sustainably with our marine resources.
3. Providing opportunities for visitors to
increase their appreciation and care for Olympic Peninsula’s marine
resources.
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STAFF
Bob Campbell
Coordinator, Feiro
Marine Life
Center
P.O. Box 625
Port Angeles, WA
98362
360-417-6254 (wk)
rangerbob2944@msn.com
Deborah Moriarty
Administrative and Education Coordinator,
Feiro Marine
Life Center, P.O. Box 625
Port Angeles, WA
98362
360-417-6254
Deborah.moriarty@noaa.gov
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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President Orville Campbell
Retired Director
James River Corporation
orv.cus@tfon.com
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Barbara Maynes
Public Affairs Specialist
Olympic National Park
barb_maynes@nps.gov
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Vice President David Morris
Retired Superintendent
Olympic National Park
aaakwacha33@yahoo.com
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Tom Sanford
Director
Olympic Park Institute
tsanford@yni.org
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Secretary Betsy
Wharton
Former Deputy Mayor
City of Port Angeles
bewharton@olypen.com
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Lloyd Eisenman
Retired Director
First Federal Savings and Loan
LloydEisenman@aol.com
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Jackie Jardine-Moore
Dean of Continuing Education
Peninsula College
jackiej@pcadmin.ctc.edu
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Mary Sue Brancato
Research Specialist
NOAA’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Mary.Sue.Brancato@noaa.gov
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